Lions and Waves battle against a background of Loyola rooters
as the Lions maintain a 33-23 lead. White shirted Tony Krallman
is shown battling Rich Buckelew (43) of Pepperdine for a re¬
bound under the Lion’s basket. Ed Bento (44) is seen locked
arm and arm with two Wave defenders, Sterling Forbes (53)
and Rex Hughes (41) while waiting for the ball to come down.
Number (51), of Pepperdine, is Bob Sims, the league’s leading
scorer.
Defense
Provides
Victory
by Mike Yost
Last Tuesday night Loyola’s
“unstoppable” Lions tamed the
Pepperdine Waves and secured at
least a tie f# the school’s first
WCAC title. ** Before an overflow
crowd of 2500 screaming fans, the
poised, determined Loyolans
smashed their cross-town rivals by
a convincing 76-60 margin.
Loyola’s Memorial Gymnasium
was bulging at the seams well be¬
fore the start of the crucial game,
as everyone was expecting to see
an exciting, xlown-to-the-wire con¬
test. Well, the game was certainly
electrifying, but Loyola’s “big
five” spoiled the usual story-book
climax by completely burying the
Pepperdine Waves under an ava¬
lanche from the* Del Rey hilltop.
With a little over eight minutes
into the first half, the Lions took
a 12-10 lead, and from that point
on the Waves never knew what
hit them. ,
Leading the attack was 6-3 Soph¬
omore forward, Tony Krallman,
who scored 29 points. Whenever
there was a loose ball on the court,
Tony found it and put two points
on the scoreboard for Loyola. He
connected on 11 out of 16 attempts
and his field goal percentage for
the season now stands at 46.1 pey
cent.
Tom Ryan, Loyola’s junior cen¬
ter, also turned in a great per¬
formance. Ryan nabbed 19 re¬
bounds to run his seasonal total
to 355, and a new Loyola record,
erasing the old mark of 343 set by
Bobby Cox in 1954.
Eddie Bento, another of Loy¬
ola’s highly touted sophomores,
deserves special mention for his
deadly second-half shooting. Bento,
who had a total of 16 points for the
evening, scored 14 of them in the
last half, hitting on lay-ins and a
couple of beautiful hook shots.
Last, but certainly not the least,
the excellent floor play on the part
of Jerry Grote and Jim Wider-
kehr must certainly be lauded. The
poise and ball control that Loyola
displayed against Pepperdine can
be traced for the most part to these
two guards.
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Ryan Sets Season Record
In Rebounds in Pep Game
Junior forward, Tom Ryan, established a new in¬
dividual Lion rebounding record for the season during
the Pepperdine rout by grabbing a record 355 rebounds.
The old record was held by Bob Cox of the 4954 Lion
squad. During that season he hauled down 343 rebounds.
Ryan played a great game against
Pepperdine as he scored 11 points
and hauled in 19 rebounds.
On defense he hounded the
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He scored 286 points, grabbed
355 rebounds and had a 43 percent
field goal average. •
Waves’ center, disrupting his game.
In league play, Ryan ranks as
the number 2 rebounder in the
conference and one of the best in
the nation.
Lives Up to Award ,
Tom lived up to his 1959 award
of the “Most Improved Player” by
having a great year as a varsity
eager.
On defense he held down the
best players in the league to below
their league averages. Forbes of
Pepperdine* Sobrero of Santa
Clara, and Meschery of St. Mary’s
all came to respect the fine play
of Ryan a^d to fear him.
Ryan will be a tough man to
keep off the All-WCAC teams when
they are picked this week.
Grote Honored !
As we go to press, the So. Calif.
Sports Broadcasters Assoc, has
named Jerry Grote to their All-
Coast First Team. Jerry, nick¬
named Mr. Consistent, has been
THE clutch ballplayer this^ season.
Scoring 59 by way of the free-
throw line, and 154 from the field,
he certainly deserves this latest
laurel.
Editor’s Note
Does Macy’s tell Gimbel’s?
Certainly. And the LOYOLAN
wishes to tell KXLU what a
splendid job they did covering
the Lion Home games this year.
On the spot broadcasting added
color and action to the F. M.
Station’s already varied pro¬
gramming. Tremendous work,
guys.
Coach Bill Donovan storms out on the court in Peperdine game
just as the half ended to see if he can assist a Pepperdine
player who injured his knee. Donovan was the mastermind be¬
hind Loyola’s most successful season since 1949 as they ended
the year with a 19-7 record.
